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Bedstead part
Answer for the clue "Bedstead part ", 9 letters:
footboard
Alternative clues for the word footboard
Word definitions for footboard in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 an upright board across the foot of a bedstead 2 a board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet; such as found on in a carriage. 3 a place to stand on a scooter or skateboard
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Footboard \Foot"board`\, n. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. The foot-rest of a coachman's box. A board forming the foot of a bedstead. A treadle.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
Usage examples of footboard.
The clothes on the footboard remind him of his garb, and he rises and touches the garments.
He wiped the tears from her cheek, then lifted himself from her, zipped his jeans, and dropped back against the footboard, his eyes squeezed shut.
The next night, Khiru tied my hands in front of me, then chained my ankles together to the footboard, and prompted me to have sweet dreams.
The grids making up the headboard and footboard represented waves, and sea shrubs and shells decorated the lower sides of the bed.
The headboard and footboard were tall grids of metal, perhaps even kauchu.
She quickly chained my still-shackled ankle to the footboard, and added a similar restraint on the other leg.
Then he turned my body so I would face the footboard of the bed, and spread my legs wide.
He wrapped a large leather belt around my waist and connected both sides to the footboard, restricting my swinging most effectively.
Leaning on the footboard of the bed, he observed with disconcerting intentness her movements as she blotted the water from her skin.
Pushing erect, she whirled from between the footboard of the bed and the one opposite in the right-hand corner.
Often they had started when, with a sudden movement, his hat entered the diligence through the small window, while he clung with his other arm to the footboard, between the wheels splashing mud.
Then he seated himself on the footboard of the car, his thin hands clasped between his knees, and looked keenly at the other.
Headboard and footboard were shaped from twisting vines of wrought bronze that had been permitted to verdigris to a soft green.
When the next pain comes, Brianne, I want you to brace your feet against the footboard and pull up with the ropes, all right?
Next morning they resumed their journey, and halted one night more before they reached Tepellene, in approaching which they met a carriage, not inelegantly constructed after the German fashion, with a man on the box driving four-in-hand, and two Albanian soldiers standing on the footboard behind.